Lovely effort. Lots of what Zins' about show here. Alla' them brambly berry thingies, some spices, cocoa, and vanilla. Still needs another 2-4 to resolve the tannins but is developing into one of Freds' best O&M. 90/90. 19 by the box on futures. 14.5% alc. WW

Fred is a passionate, knowledgeable, and extremely capable winemaker and his internship with Tom Dehlinger and his father owning some of the best and oldest vineyards in Sonoma make him a slam dunk, 'specially on his futures offerings. WW

Been trading emails with Judi Scherrer. She absolutely won't ship wine to me. It doesn't matter that from Sonoma Cty Mietz, Acorn, David Coffaro, Siduri and one or two others will ship to me - she won't. Only alternative, if I can't convince Judi otherwise, is to ship to cg, then on from there. Wish Judi were more amenable.

WW, Judi finally came around when i named those folks I already get wine from and who they use to get it to me. She replied that I definitely fall into the "where there's a will, there's a way" category. She's also used some of the shipping alternatives others have, and is now willing to give it a go. So, I'm sending in an order of a half box each of the 2002 O&M Zin and the Shale Terrace Zin. That's for starters. If we're lucky, it'll get out here by the time you're here, cg, but don't hold your breath.